MARKETSURVEY17R0005.pdf

Request for information (RFI)

This is a sources sought synopsis for Special Operations Communications Systems (SOCS) Satellite Communications (SATCOM) and Network Support

REFERENCE NUMBER: N6523617R0005

**LARGE BUSINESSES DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE**

1) This Sources Sought synopsis is issued for the purpose of determining Small Business capabilities. Small Business firms having the capabilities to perform the tasking described in this Request for Information (RFI) are encouraged to respond. It should be noted that any resultant contract for services will require at least 50 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred to be expended for employees of the concern proposing as a prime. Please see FAR Clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting for prescription and complete version of the clause.

2) The contractor will be tasked to accomplish the work as specified in the Summary of

Work, Table 2, contained in Section 2 below.

a) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic) is seeking to identify qualified U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Small Business (SB) firms with current and relevant experience within the requirements below.

Anticipated work shall provide SOCS SATCOM and Network Support to 90 sites CONUS and OCONUS. The primary Sponsor is United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with other Joint Warfighting Commands leveraging support for similar technical solutions and capabilities.

These support services shall include, but are not limited to the following areas:

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems, C5 Exercise Planning and Evaluation, Systems Integration, Operational Systems, Fielding, Training, Certification, Maintenance, Logistics, Configuration Management, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, Documentation/Graphics Support, Program Management, Quality Assurance and Life cycle sustainment management support of Deployable Tactical SATCOM Systems and networks, and C5ISR systems for various joint warfighting customers. This work encompasses complete systems life cycle support from development, test, and certification through integration, operator training and fielding, life cycle sustainment, and disposal. The scope of work includes worldwide technical and logistics support for approximately 2500 deployable SATCOM systems and the supporting Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure distributed over approximately 90 sites CONUS and OCONUS.

b) The Government anticipates this effort to be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity type contract with provisions for Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type orders. The anticipated ordering period is five (5) years.

This is a direct follow-on contract for Contract Number N65236-16-D-8011 and the incumbent contractor is CACI-NSS.

c) The Government’s estimated level of effort for this procurement, based upon Full Time Equivalents (FTE’s) will be approximately 190 per year. Each FTE is estimated to be 1,920 hours per year.

d) The Government’s estimated dollar range for this effort is $175M.

e) The applicable NAICS code is 541330 with a size standard of $38.5M.

3) Responses shall be prepared so that when printed, they meet the following requirements: 8.5x11 inch paper, single-spaced typed lines, 1 inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font. Tables may use 10-point font. Graphics or pictures are not allowed. Illustrations such as tables, flowcharts, organizational charts, process charts or other similar type informational charts may be used, and they will be counted against the page count limitations. Text entered into Attachment 1 shall be single spaced Times New Roman 10 point font. Respondents are responsible for ensuring the legibility of all tables, charts, etc., and should assume that when their response is printed or copied, it will be done in black and white. When submitted, the format of Table 1 shall not be changed from how it appears in this document.

4) Responses shall include a Corporate Description section and a Corporate Capabilities section as described below.

Section 1: Corporate Description. Capability Responses must include all of the following information (2 page limit for Section 1 info):

(1) Name of firm.

(2) State the respondent’s size status and whether the respondent is registered in applicable NAICS code listed in paragraph 2E above.

(3) Ownership, including whether: Small, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a), Women-Owned, HUBZone, Veteran Owned and/or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business.

(4) Two points of contact, including: Name, title, phone, and e-mail address.

(5) CAGE Code and DUNS Number.

(6) Affiliate information, including parent corporation, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime).

(7) A completed Table 1. Table 1 is a listing of the percentage of work a respondent can perform with respect to the stated requirements based on the respondent’s capabilities. This is an assessment /analysis of a respondent’s independent abilities as to what they can or cannot perform – exclusive of any potential subcontractor/team member/affiliate information. Do not include any documentation or percentages for any company other than your own. For respondents planning to propose a teaming arrangement that complies with the requirements set forth in FAR clause 52.219-27 (Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011), Table 1 must be completed for each of the teaming partners. In this case, additional Table 1 listings may be submitted on additional pages, but those additional pages shall only contain those additional tables – no additional narrative is permitted on these extra pages beyond a one line caption for each table. Respondents shall fill in Columns B and C of Table 1. Each tasking description is in the context of supporting Tactical SATCOM Systems and Military Information Support Operations (MISO) Equipment.

a. The percentages listed in Column A represent the government’s estimated percentage of effort in each technical area that will be required relative to the overall effort of the contract.

b. Entries in Column B reflect the percentage work in each technical area that a respondent can accomplish as described above. The values in each of the rows of this column will be between 0 and 100%.

c. Values in Column C represent the percentages of the overall contract that the respondent can accomplish in each task area. For each task area, this is determined by multiplying the percentage listed in Column A with the percentage entered in Column B. The sum of the values in Column C represents the percentage of the overall contract that the respondent can accomplish. This value cannot exceed 100%.

d. The Sum of the values in Column C represents the percentage of the task that the respondent can perform.

TABLE 1 – PERCENTAGE WORK BREAKDOWN

# TASKING DESCRIPTION

with PWS Ref Paragraph

A. GOVT

ESTIMATED

TASK

BREAKDOWN

(Based on 1)

B. OFFEROR’S

PROJECTED

SUPPORT

(Do not exceed 100% per task)

C. EST. WORK

PERFORMED

(column A X column B)

* Total cannot exceed 100%

1 Program Management Support (Para 3.2) 0.10

2 Test & Evaluation (Para 3.3) 0.15 3 LCSM Services (Para 3.5) 0.60

4 Network Engineering (Para 3.6) 0.15

TOTAL 1 %

(8) A list of customers for current and relevant work performed. The purpose is to demonstrate the prime’s management infrastructure, capacity to procure and manage a level of effort which may include, but is not limited to, teaming arrangements, joint ventures, etc. that correspond to the technical tasking, relevant experience, and past performance. Respondents shall submit the Relevant Contract Experience Matrix (Attachment 1) for at least 1, and no more than 3, citations of current and relevant work performed. The information provided in Attachment 1 is independent of the summaries of relevant work required in Table 2. Respondents shall only submit summaries of relevant work required in Table 2 for current and relevant work examples provided in Attachment 1.

a. Current work is defined as work performed within the 5 years before the posting date of this sources sought synopsis.

b. Common aspects of relevancy include similarity of services/support, complexity, dollar value, contract type, and degree of subcontract/teaming.

(9) A statement that the contractor either has or does not have an adequate accounting system.

(10) A statement that the respondent either agrees or does not agree that their company or partnership’s name can be published as one of the respondents to this RFI.

(11) Additional Information.

a) Respondents shall also demonstrate their ability to provide collocated office, laboratory, integration, training, and conference space in the Fayetteville, NC area.

The Government requires test lab space (approximately 1,000 sq. ft.) and integration capabilities (approximately 10,000 sq. ft.) in Fayetteville, NC. Outdoor SATCOM test areas and classroom space are also required.

TABLE 2 – SUMMARY OF RELEVANT WORK

PWS

Para Tasking Summary – Discuss experience relevant to

PWS

Page Limit

3.2 Program Management

Support

Discuss experience relevant to integrated management of worldwide operations supporting joint warfighters communications systems and networks

2 pages

3.3 Test & Evaluation Discuss experience relevant to:

- T&E of evolving and emerging commercial technologies applied to tactical SATCOM systems -T&E of evolving and emerging communications network technologies

2 pages

3.5 LCSM Discuss experience relevant to LCSM

planning and execution for deployable SATCOM systems and fixed site communications network nodes on a global scale

8 pages total for section 3.5

3.5.3 Fielding Discuss experience relevant to:

- Fielding of tactical SATCOM systems fielding to the joint warfighter

- Fielding /startup support for fixed site installation of strategic entry points and nodes to support worldwide SATCOM networks

3.5.4 Training Support Discuss experience relevant to:

- System user training development and delivery for tactical SATCOM systems

- System user training development and delivery for fixed site communications network nodes

3.5.5 Maintenance Discuss experience relevant to Maintenance

planning and execution for deployable SATCOM systems

3.6 Network Engineering Discuss experience relevant to:

-SATCOM and terrestrial network architecture development and realization

- SATCOM and terrestrial network modeling and simulation

2 pages

5) This notice is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This is not a solicitation announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement, or any follow-up information requests. Respondents will be notified of the results of this evaluation. The Government reserves the right to consider a set-aside for small businesses or one of the small business preference groups. (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB etc.). Any questions shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist via the email address listed below by the specified date. Any questions submitted after the specified date may not receive responses.

6) Responses to this RFI shall be submitted to SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic code 22420 via e-mail to Giancarlo Dumenigo, giancarlo.dumenigo@navy.mil. Please use reference No. N6523617R0005 when responding to this Sources Sought synopsis.

a. The closing date for this RFI is: 08 November 2017

b. The closing time for this RFI is: 1400 Eastern Time

c. The deadline for submission of questions is 01 November 2017

7) Within a reasonable time for evaluation of responses SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic will post the acquisition strategy decision on the e-Commerce central website.

8) Support Contractors- Contractor support will not be utilized in the review and evaluation of RFI responses.

A copy of the Draft SOW/PWS is posted at the SPAWARSYSCEN Atlantic E- Commerce Business Opportunity webpage: https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf/homepage?readform mailto:giancarlo.dumenigo@navy.mil https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf/homepage?readform https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf/homepage?readform

Attachment 1: Relevant Contract Experience Matrix

1. Customer Point of Contact (Name;

Government agency, commercial firm, or other organization) Name:

Agency:

2. Customer POC Phone Number / Email (This information is required to verify offeror’s performance) Phone:

Email:

3. Contract Number or other control number Xx

4. Period of Performance From: To:

5. Contract Type (CPFF, FFP etc.)

6. Prime or Sub

8. Contract Value

$XX

9. Provide brief summary of the work performed.

10. Describe how the work demonstrates capability to perform percentages stated in Table 1.